Esa aka FunkyPrez has been active since the early stages of the Italian hip hop movement in the early 1990s. In 1991 the collective Otierre (Originale Trasmissione del Ritmo) is founded, union of breakers, beatmakers, DJs and MCs, they released the debut album in 1994 "Quel sapore particolare" followed by the second album called "Dalla sede" in '97. Subsequently Esa founded the group Gente Guasta with Polare and after a little time they publish two albums "La grande truffa del rap" and "Quinto potere" . Esa also form a rap-duo with his brother Tormento (Siamesi Brothers) He still active today with Polare and dj Vigor (OTR/Gente Guasta) they have recently recorded an album "Sintonizzati" and the new Esa solo-project is called "Perle rare".

Marrcelo Nistri aka Bob Marcialledda, born in 1973,is an MC and Dj from Fasano in Puglia(BR).In 1989 he started rapping and in 1994 put together his first Crew name “Domilillo” with Mavi MC and Fuso.He came across with the Hip Hop local movement and in 1996 his crew merged with“DALLA VALLE”(Teca’ and Santeca’). From this union “MURGIA DRIMA” is born. This cooperation brought to publish underground compilation nationally distributed.In 2000 the "fuma project" is founded which led to collaboration with Cayman (Stranaiosa) and Fuso and Mani. Following this project a CD (14 traces) was releasedwith various local Hip Hop artists and producers.Since 1996 he participated in organizing a beach Block Party in Fasano called “RICCIED ALTICCI”. Here local breakers, writers, Dj’s and Mc’s have the possibility to perform.In 2012 he published his latest work :“Marcelleria” which includes several tracks with various collaborations that he undergoes in between 2000 and 2010.

HCB CREW (Magenta):

HCB crew (HardCoreBaleno crew) was officially established in 2010 in the city of Magenta (Milano) but the idea to create this project start in 2007. Hcb includes many members from different countries Italy, Kosovo, Brasil, Angola, Senegal and each give his contribution in hip-hop, mcs, production, djs, breakers and writers. The debut album was released in 2010 "Hardcorebaleno" entirely self-produced. 2012 is a very important year for the crew because it comes the 38th Chamber, a shop focused on tattoo, vinyls and custom clothes, also used as a recording studio. In 2013 the collective released an ep "Psicologia da alienati" and the second album called "Come crema" also these projects are self-produced